The ability to make a check mark on your ‘bucket list’ is a good thing, right? Then, why is she not feeling so ‘good’ about it? What’s on said bucket list you ask? Let’s back up a few days.

In a conversation with a friend she casually shared that she’s never had a ‘fling’ or a ‘one night stand’ or slept with a guy on the first date. “Maybe I should add it to my ‘bucket list’ ” she joked. To which, her friend said ” Yeah right! that’s so not you”. The conversation was soon forgotten – well, that is, until now, when the feeling in the pit of her stomach is quite unsettling and the conversation has come back to haunt her. They say, ‘be careful what you wish for, you just might get it’ – pity they didn’t say just what ‘getting it’ meant. Continue reading “Her First Time”→

Something about the way his eyes look into mine, unlocking my secrets, fears and desires. Or could it be his deceptively disarming smile or his calculated calm…

Is it his wit and beautifully brilliant mind? Or the dry matter of fact humour he uses all the time? What about how insightful he is, an ‘old soul’ he says they call him… Continue reading “Intimate Stranger”→